Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 0.7ml
Earthquake near South Pasadena, CA
Yes. A magnitude 0.7 earthquake was recorded in South Pasadena, CA, at 11:24 am PDT on 5 October 2026 (18:24 UTC), 13 km deep.
This was on 5 October 2026. The latest near South Pasadena: M 2.9 on 17 September 2026.
USGS: 1 km NNW of South Pasadena, CA
26 km (16 mi) ENE of Los Angeles, CA · in Pasadena, CA
- When
- 11:24 am PDT on 5 October 2026 ()
- Where
- in South Pasadena, CA · earthquakes near South Pasadena
- Magnitude
- M 0.7 (ml)
- Depth
- 13 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Los Angeles County, 12 km NW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Raymond fault, under 1 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 8 days ago
This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Pasadena, Alhambra, San Marino, San Gabriel, Altadena, East Pasadena.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 0.39 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 1.7 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 39,000,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 28,000,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2,500× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 0.7 about 0.39 lb of TNT
Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.5 on 2020-09-19 — about 500,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 21 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.7 Northridge, California, earthquake · 36 km WNW of this epicentre
- 6.6 1971 San Fernando Earthquake, California · 37 km NNW of this epicentre
- 5.9 The 1987 Whittier Narrows, California Earthquake · 10 km SE of this epicentre
- 5.9 1km ENE of Granada Hills, California · 35 km WNW of this epicentre
- 5.8 10km SSW of Agua Dulce, CA · 37 km NNW of this epicentre
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 34.1273, -118.1590. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles County, CA | 12 km (8 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Los Angeles County |
| Orange County, CA | 61 km (38 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Orange County |
| Ventura County, CA | 93 km (58 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Ventura County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
6 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.4 4 km SSW of Westwood, CA
- 1.1 4 km SE of Littlerock, CA
- 3.2 2 km SW of Signal Hill, CA
- 1.4 11 km SSE of Malibu Beach, CA
- 1.5 3 km NW of Baldwin Park, CA
- 1.3 5 km NNW of West Hills, CA
Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.